摘要：keyword: ENGLISH-INDONESIAN, TRANSLATION STUDY, LEAVINGHOMEABSTRACT :Some of people say that translation is a complicated subject, but in fact it is not like people think. We must know what should we do first is transferringmeaning from one language into another with equivalent meaning. The writerchooses a short story entitled Leaving Home by Briony Kidd�s and it contains about a woman named Olivia who leaves her country and goes toIndonesia. The purpose of this translation is to enable people to socializethemselves with others, this short story is interesting and the story is easy tounderstand. The method used in writing this paper is free translation, to face theproblem in translating the short story. After translating a short story, the writerfound many problems such as idioms and situational.
